HCFA gets a new name and an overhaul -- GCN

HCFA gets a new name and an overhaul

Jun 22, 2001

The Health Care Financing Administration earlier this month got a new name that top brass said better reflects its mission: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Tommy Thompson

The new name is part of a series of planned reforms to strengthen the agency's services, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said.

The agency will reorganize into three units:

The Center for Beneficiary Choices will provide information about Medicare, as well as Medigap and Medicare Select insurance plans.

The Center for Medicare Management will develop payment policies for fee-for-service care and manage Medicare contractors.

The Center for Medicaid and State Operations will oversee state-administered programs, including Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

By Oct. 1, a Web tool will be ready to help users make health plan choices and do out-of-pocket cost comparisons of insurance options.

'P. Vasishtha

E-Mail this page

Printable Format

Featured

Pandemic tests electronic records management

Between the rush enable more virtual collaboration, stalled digitization of archived records and managing records that reside in datasets, records management executives are sorting through new challenges.
Tucson’s community wireless bridges the digital divide

The city built cell sites at government-owned facilities such as fire departments and libraries that were already connected to Tucson’s existing fiber backbone.